154 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
F. P. J. — Your occurrence is quite 
usual. Kept in-doors the insect generally 
appears in January and February. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Lepidoptera. 
Nyssia Hispidaria . — I see in the ‘ In- 
telligencer,’ No. 6S, you ask for informa- 
tion respecting the larvae of Nyssia hispi- 
daria. I have bred the insect several 
times : the eggs are long, oval and nearly 
black ; they are carefully inserted by the 
female into the crevices of the bark on 
the trees. The larvae are brown-grey, 
more or less variegated by delicate orange 
markings, with a few warty protuberances, 
which are also more or less orange- 
coloured. When full-fed they travel to 
the margin of a leaf, and, suspending 
themselves by the anal prolegs, commence 
a series of pendulous vibrations, swinging 
further and further each time, until they 
finally swing off and fall to the ground. 
They feed on oak and elm, and are 
amongst the earliest larvae to be found 
on these trees. — J. Hawley, 55, Hall 
Gate, Doncaster ; Feb.'S. 
Erinomos Lunaria . — Some years ago 
I used annually to pick up three or four 
larvae of this insect about the end of Oc- 
tober, which invariably produced moths 
in March or April following. I once 
took the perfect insect in April, but 
never saw either larva or imago during 
summer. If it also occurs in June I 
